The Churchill Society of New Orleans was honored to be the host club for the 31st International Churchill Conference, held in New Orleans at the Loews Hotel, April 3-5, 2014. Delighted to welcome Churchillians from across the US, Canada, and England, the CSNO hosted a jazzy cocktail reception at CSNO member Patricia Strachan’s historic Garden District home for early attendees, and Dinner at Arnaud’s Restaurant the following evening. CSNO member and licensed tour guide, Christopher Tidmore, took attendees on walking tours of the Garden District and the French Quarter.

The National World War II Museum offered an optional Call of Duty Tour, to visit the museum’s vaults and handle weapons used by Allied and German soldiers during the war. The closing Black Tie Gala Dinner, prepared by Chef John Besh was held in the Museum’s Freedom Pavillion under dramatically hanging aircraft.

Round tables and speakers included Churchill’s granddaughter, The Hon. Celia Sandys, speaking on “Churchill: the Power of Words”, and Churchill’s great grandson, Alexander Perkins. Afghanistan veteran and retired Captain of the Scots Guards, Capt. Perkins shared the stage with Con Coughlin, Executive Foreign Editor for the Daily Telegraph and author of Churchill’s First War, on the subject of “Afghanistan: 1894 and 2014.”

Among other speakers were David M. Glantz, Peter Clarke, Nigel Hamilton, James W. Muller, David Roll, and Michael Shelden.

CSNO President Gregg Collins welcomes guests to the Gala Dinner

Capt. Alex Perkins compares his experiences in Afghanistan with those of his great grandfather.

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Churchill Quote:

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Churchill: A Timeline

1874 Birth occurs at Blenheim Palace, Nov. 30

1888 Pupil at Harrow public school

1895 Commissioned soldier in Fourth Hussars

1899 War correspondent in South Africa; captured and escapes

1900 Elected Minister of Parliament for Oldham

1908 Marries Clementine Hozier at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.

1910 Home Secretary

1911 First Lord of the Admiralty

1915 On Western Front - World War I

1921 Colonial Secretary

1922 Buys Chartwell

1924 Chancellor of the Exchequer

1939 Returns as First Lord of the Admiralty, World War II declared

1940 Prime Minister

1945 Defeated by Labour in General Election.

1951 Returns as Prime Minister

1955 Resigns as Prime Minister after two strokes

1965 Dies Jan. 24 in London. Hundreds of thousands hold vigil.

1977 Wife, Clementine Churchill, dies. Both buried together at Bladon.

Books By Churchill

My Early Life – An autobiography covering the first twenty-five years of Churchill’s lifeThe River War – Lord Kitchner’s reconquest of the Sudan in 1898. Published in 1899; (2 vols.) Also published in a one volume abridged edition.A History of the English Speaking PeoplesMarlborough – a biography of his ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Published in four, six, and two volume editions.The World Crisis – a six-volume history of the First World War.The Second World War – six volumes, sometimes reprinted as twelve volumesPainting as a Pastime – an essay on the joys of painting